Pen and pencil tray.



No. 768,323. I PATENTED AUG. 23, 1904.

' D. 0. BEGKETT.

PEN AND PENCIL TRAY.

VAPPLIUATION FILED JAN. 14. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

- pose to be described.

Patented August 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID C. BEOKETT, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

PEN AND PENCIL TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,323, dated August 23, 1904.

' Application filed January 1 1904. Serial No. 188,963. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it Wmty concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID C. BEOKETT; a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and use: ful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Trays, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to an improved form of tray for holding pencils or penholders, and has for its'object to provide such a form of tray as shall be simple and cheap in construction and at the same time serve as an effective receptacle for retaining the pencil or pen within a certain space and permit its easy withdrawal therefrom.

The figure of the accompanyingdrawing represents a perspective view ofmy tray with the penholder resting thereon.

The tray may be made of any thin material, preferably of sheet metal, with the various raised portions punched out for the pur- The slots (4 a are punched out from the base 6 of the tray, and the strip portions 0 0 are bent upward at right angles to the base 6 for the purpose of forming back-stops, and it will of course be obvious that these back-stops 0 may be cut off for any suitable height or may be originally made of this height by punching out the slots a of the corresponding length, so that when theback-stops c are bent upward they will be of the desired height. Between the slots at c are cut out two strips 02 (Z, which remain joined to the base 6 at their forward ends 0 a, but are bent slightly upward, so that their rearward ends project to a slight extent above the surface of the base 6, and these rearward ends of I the strips (Z should be at such distance from the back-stops c as to afford ample room for the penholder (or pencil) P to rest be- I tween these two sets of retaining projections.

It will thus be apparent that when the penholder P is hurriedly thrown upon the tray in the direction of the back-stops c it will strike these back-stops and will rebound, but willthen meet the raised ends of the strips'd and can simply oscillate between these two sets of projectionsuntil it comes to rest, and

the strips cl being raised only a slight extent above the surface of the base Z) andbeing inclined from the level of their forward ends a will not present any projections or obstructlons 1n the path of the penholder when it is thrown forward onto the tray. Furthermore,

since these rearward ends of the strips cl pro-' they project upward enough to stop the pen holder on the rebound, as above described, they will nevertheless easily be depressed to the level of the base 7) when the penholder is drawn forward over them in withdrawing the same from the tray.

It will be apparent that the back-stops c and the strips cl may be replaced by single pieces, if desired, although the use of the two narrow strips (Z makes them more easily depressible, as above described, and it will also be understood that the back-stops 0 might as conveniently be separately attached to any suitable base and the spring-strips (Z also attached separately in the positions as-above indicated, although the economy and simplicity of punching the entire tray from a single piece of metal will be at once obvious.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. As anew article of manufacture, a pencil or penholder tray comprising a base, a projectionformed thereon to serve as a back-stop, and a projection formed thereon in juxtaposition to said back-stop but inclined from the level of the base at its forward end and raised slightly above the base at its rearward end, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a pencil or penholder tray comprising a base, a projection formed thereon to serve as a back-stop, and a projection formed thereon in juxtaposition to said back-stop but inclined from the level of the base at its forward end and raised slightly above the base at its rearward end, said latter projection being constructed of spring material to permit of its easy depression to the level of the base, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a pen oil or penholder tray punched from a single sheet of metal, comprising a base, a strip portion or portions punched therefrom and bent upwardly from said base to form a back-stop, and a strip portion or portions also punched from the base but with the forward end thereof remaining attached to said base and the body portion inclined slightly from the level of the base with the free end raised slightly above the base and in juxtaposition to the aforesaid back-stop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

at. As a new article of manufacture, a penoil or penholder tray punched from a single sheet of metal, comprising a base, a strip portion or portions punched therefrom and bent upwardly from said base to form a backstop, and a spring-depressible strip portion or portions also punched from the base but with the forward end thereof remaining atl ached to said base and the body portion inclined slightly from the level of the base with the free end raised slightly above the base and in juxtaposition to the aforesaid back-stop, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, DAVID C. BICUKE'H. \Vitnesses:

Lewis I). Baum, J. B. HAYWARD. 

